Inquirer
Efenita Taqueban and Gideon Lasco
In the name of “recovery” from the pandemic, the Philippine government has opened up mining opportunities in the country, with the President recently lifting ...
... fooled by the pretext that reopening our natural resources to large-scale mining would help revive the pandemic-battered economy as it would inflict serious damage than repair.”
Environment defenders, ...
... further asked if, at the end of the consultation process, Pan American Silver would respect the Xinka’s right to say no to the future re-opening of Escobal mine.
Unfortunately, none of these questions ...
... companies have seen a warm welcome from the Philippine government. “By government policy, the Philippines is wide open to foreign companies, especially the extractive business of mining. The regime of ...
... and aid programs implemented after a 2009 coup. Afterwards, President Juan Orlando Hernandez declared Honduras “open for business.”
The country sold its natural resources, fuelling the expansion of extractive ...
... Blanco mining project in Jutiapa, and its re-opening by Bluestone Resources.
The OIE was created with the intention of contributing data on the extractive industry in Guatemala from an independent perspective. ...
... and countries on the American continent. In La Guajira, it is a shareholder in Latin America’s largest open-pit coal mine El Cerrejón, a Joint Venture whose shareholding package is split equally with other ...
... him ban open-pit mining in 2017 and close or suspend 26 mining operations for environmental violations. The government says the industry, which contributed 0.76% to the country’s GDP in 2020, is important ...
... per ounce, according to Bloomberg News.
Since the mine opened, it has had multiple environmental violations. Most recently, state regulators said it violated a federal wastewater discharge law by releasing ...
... would occur at one of the few gold mines in the eastern United States. The open-pit mine is a vast area of gaping holes and cleared land similar in scope to many western U.S. gold mines.
Haile’s expansion ...